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You can do anything in 11 lines of Perl.
Clearly, if HealthCare.gov had been written in Perl and still took 500,000,000 lines to do so, it would indicate that they had hired on the team responsible for building [http://www.otrs.com/ OTRS] because...OMG.

coondoggie writes "The Department of Defense is on the Web warpath again, this time blocking access to YouTube, MySpace and 11 other popular Web sites on its networks. According to a memo sent by Gen. B.B. Bell, the U.S. Forces Korea commander, overseas military personnel will be prevented from using these sites in a effort to protect information and reduce drag on the department's networks. Detractors of the plan says the net effect will be to block access to servicemembers in Iraq and Afghanistan who are the primary users of the sites. Troops and families living on U.S. bases will still be able to view the sites.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1512 6"

had3l (814482) writes "BBC News reports: "An Australian teenager has won record damages after a court found that his school "grossly failed" in its duty to protect him from a school bully: Benjamin Cox, now 18, was regularly teased and beaten from the age of five by an older pupil, leaving him with psychiatric problems, a court heard.""

coondoggie writes "Over the years, Microsoft has had some pretty harsh words (and actions) for the open source community in general and for Linux in particular. And with news this week that the company reportedly wants open source software users to pay royalties on 235 alleged patent violations, the relationship is obviously changing. We take a look at five ways Microsoft is embracing open source or Linux and five ways it is doing to battle against those same forces.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/051407-micro sft-open-source.html"

An anonymous reader writes "UK scientists say a modest increase in the number of urban parks and street trees could offset decades of predicted temperature rises. Specifically, a mere 10% increase in the amount of green space in built-up centers would reduce urban surface temperatures by as much as 4C."

An anonymous reader writes "While C-SPAN recently
adopted Creative Commons-style licensing for government proceedings so
that they can be used by bloggers and video clip creators, the
situation is much more restrictive in other countries. Michael
Geist's column
focuses on Canada, explaining how permission to use government clips is
literally still needed from the Speaker of the House of Commons."

Such changes include:Striking out "climate change is speeding up and will seriously damage our common natural environment and severely weaken (the) global economy... resolute action is urgently needed in order to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions".and "we are deeply concerned about the latest findings confirmed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)".

Yet, a spokeswoman for the White House Council on Environmental Quality claims "The US continues to lead the global effort on climate change."

franticindustries writes "Does this happen to you a lot: you try to remember something, but then you give up quickly and just Google it? Google is so effective in retrieving information that our brains are telling us this information is not needed. Therefore, we're forgetting things like unit conversion, basic calculus, addresses and phone numbers. This might be an evolutionary step towards forgetting what's irrelevant and focusing on what's important; or maybe Google is just making us dumber."